Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today reinstated the humiliated headmaster and scrapped the school’s governing body over public humiliation of the Narayanganj teacher.

Allegation against the headmaster that he demeaned religion was untrue, the minister, who received a primary probe report over the incident last night, said in a press briefing.

The move in expected to be appreciated by the public after days of protests in the social media.

Headmaster Shyamal Kanti Bhakta of Piyar Sattar Latif High School in Narayangaj’s Bandar, was beaten up and made to squat holding his earlobes in presence of local Jatiya Party lawmaker AKM Selim Osman last Friday over allegations that he demeaned religion – a claim the teacher denied.

The teacher said the locals were provoked by false allegations and that some teachers held a grudge against him for not meeting their unfair demands. He was later suspended from the school.

A video clip of the incident went viral on social media, triggering public outrage and a firestorm of protests on social networking sites with people mimicking the squatting holding their earlobes.

“A great injustice has been done with the teacher,” Nahid told reporters in a press briefing today. “That’s why the teacher has been recommended and the school’s governing body scrapped.”